Battery

In the military, a grouping of cannons or mortars.

Corpssman

A soldier or sailor trained to provide to give medicsl assistance.

Gunship

A helicopter armed with machine guns and roket launchers.

Corps

The largest abministrative unit in the army or marine corps.

MIA

Missing in Action

Infantry

Troops trained to fight on there feet.

Vietnamization

US policy intiated by president nixon late in the war to turn over the fighting to the southVietnamese army during the phased withdrawal of american troops.

Napalm

Gasoline thckened to a gel and used as an incendiary wepon against enemy troops and positions.

Huey

Nickname for the uh-series helicopter.

Dustoff

The nickname for a medical evacuations helicopter mission.

Campaign

A serious of major military operations designed to achieve a long-range goal.

Blockade

The isolation of a region by military forces in order to prevent anymore or anything from going in or out.

DWZ-Demilitarized Zone

The border between North and South Vietnam established in 1954 at the Geneva Convention in which no troop movement or military operations were to occur.

Squad

The smallest unit in the army and marine corps, usually composed of nine troops and commanded by a Sergent.

Bunker

A defensive fortification that is a an artificial hill of dirt and some, which hides and protects a cannon or a machine gun and its crew.

Artillary

Weapon, such as canons and mortars that discharge ammunition